Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-19

shsy Started on ahstr is1rnsy The e.
tss1sh 81 November. They we're snle
20 do bat little With TIE Cayases g
thai time. bat held an interesting a1d
azacessfuf cunreii yith TIE Nez fereees
wien lava wess made fer tbel whiae
hzd sanitary eEeet Oh TIE tribss and
thFoaeh them on otter Indians. Lar
fnq tie eoaneii speeebes weFs Daoe ~
DR.. White. Mr.. MeKisley, 81 TIE Md
aonss Bay Company, M. Kcgers sad
M. Thomas MeKsy, the other inseEpre-
ter. AZ this oou1cu AF. RsRsFs, Wb0m
DR.. white speaks % - . aeusrA1 favor
lie vita tks psopis. ''sdseFted eeassbiy
ard tonchine1y % the past diGieUiiiee
bstueeu the whites and Indians eass Of
tbs Rocky Mountains, snd tbs sad con
sFauspee 20 every tribe who hsd re-
sisied The honorable measures proposed
b. tke more numsr0as whites, aad hsv
M. e be hoped, scared their e0nf
aencs 10 favor Of Dr.. White, exhOFted
then feeiinRIy 20 adops s1sh measures
a. should b thought proper for their
bsueft.D
Is February. 1913, Mr.. Rogers
LKFT TIE METHODIST MTssIos
With bis wife and her younger sister
for Oregon City. whsrs be expected 70
se4tls. They were 10 6 large canoe
which held about three tons, and 70 70
we're also DIR. White, Mr.. w. W. Raj
u1ogd. OF The Methodist mission. Esgaire
OFockeF, Of I1ansingviiie, ". T., and ssv-
srsI InAians. Thsy reached Canemah.
the head Of the rapids above Oregon
City, safely. Here all cot ouk. and tne
canoe was let down By @ line, stern
II a ~ IN
foot a short distance, when all got ~
again except Mi. Hayuoad and thfee
| lndigns, uho heid 20 the Lac, 10 order
10 let the canoe down past point Of
rocks into an eddy below, where there
was a tree on which they expected 10
land. As they came 70 Il DR.. white
steUped one foot on the side Of the ca
noe, and the other on the log, thought
leesiy, before 70 vas scared. He evil
IDENTIFY pushed the bow Of the oanee,
whioh was 90 stream, CT again into the
current, where it was 700 strong for Mr..
RAYMOND aud the Indians 10 held IL,
although they tried until they we're al
most OF quite drawn into the river.
Two Indisna then jumped from the Ca
noe into the water and swan ashore,
Wills two ottsrs. With Mg. RsgeFs, his
/ WIFE, Itf sA1NLAf 88A AAAs 1A1N&NAt WV
ovRR TIE wALLAMET FALLS
And we're drowned. AZ the canoe neAEed
the awful plunge. ME. Rogers thFsw
himself on his knees before his wife
| wh0 sat on her seat. For q moment all
| vas siill except the roar Of the waters,
| aud then q vail vas heard above the
sound Of the falls, aud they we're gone
/ down the WateEy preoipice Of thirty
eight feet. Some Of the bodies we're
seen below As they came up, thai OF Mr..
Rogers among the others, and q boat
was procured which went within ten
feet OF him whsu he sank to rise no
more. TIE bodies Of Mr.. Rogers and
| Esquire OF0ckeF were Afterwards found
and buried, bat those Of the rest re-
mained In their wateFy grave.
ThuI Feb. I, l5i3, persisted q man
who vas among the most respected IN
Oregon. lie had designed TO spend hia
days here. and bis feelings and inter
ests we're bound up in the country.
SAYS REy. O. HISEs
Ia his History Of Oregon" "Hs vas
Justly regarded a. one OF the most use
ful men 10 the country, and conse-
quently bis sudden removal was oonsld-
cred as a great loss 10 the rising settle
ment. His young and blooming wife
was Ia every way worthy OF him. the
darling Of a fond parent and beloved by
all who knew her. II By some
Awfal oonvalsion OF nature tbs whols
city Of New York we're 10 be submerged
beneath the waves Of the Atlantic
Osean, the shock 10 the State could not
be greater than vas felt IN the colony
Of OTeRoa when the mission canoe, With
her precious cargo, vent over the falls
This awful dispensation wrapped the
whole country in gloom"
SAYS IN. WHITE
Ia his thrilling adventures; The shock
was dreadful 20 the infant community
Mr. Rogers being more important 10 me
than any one in the oOuniryi nor VA
there q more respectable or useful man
ives. of the Rocky Mountains"
Mrs. Whitman 10 private letter ada
This Is a very affective providence tC
oil in tbs o0uRtry, especially 20 ell who
knew hls worth a. teacher among the
Indians and as linguist; but the Lord
has dsne 1t and We would aequiesee. Al
an individual feel as IL ] had lost q
friend-A brother" III. EELLs.
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